The Hidden Costs of Cheap Hotels

1. On the verge of
a drastic wake
and bake
the barometer reads 1018 millibars
and reminds me of mini-bars
the hidden costs of
cheap hotels
and Palm Springs is
112 degrees

2. sometime in the future
forgetting what I was watching
turning over a magazine
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3. My back is aching from extensive
use of "Massaging Hands"
I contemplate a foray to the Ice Machine
The coast is clear
I sprint